TRUE VIEW

 

Description: This function allows the user to display an object in true view, or the normal view of the local W-axis as projected onto the local UV plane.

 

Usage:

1. DSI prompts:

> CREATE LOCAL COORDINATES

> PICK NODE/POINT FOR ORIGIN

DSI asks for a desired coordinate system (local or global).

 

2. DSI displays the coordinates on screen and prompts:

> ACCEPT. (Y/N/A)

NO returns the user to step 1.

YES continues this command to step 3.

ABORT

 

3. DSI prompts:

KEEP ANY GLOBAL AXIS VERTICAL. (Y/N)

YES

      

ENTER THE VERTICAL GLOBAL AXIS (x,y,z)     

>  The user may select an axis to be displayed from the bottom to the top of the screen. The object remains in its true view if this option is selected.

No

  NO displays the object in its true view (perpendicular to the W-axis).

 This option displays the desired geometry in its true view according to the global X, Y, Z coordinates or to the Z-axis (displayed vertically).

 

4. DSI prompts:

         > DO YOU WISH TO MAP ANY LINE ON TO THE X-Y PLANE.

              YES

         NO  (exits the TRUE VIEW function)

 

5. If the user selects YES, DSI prompts:

> SELECT LINES

ABORT

EXCLUDE ON/OFF

LINE

MULTI-POINT REGION

PART

WINDOW

REJECT LAST

DONE

 

6.  Selecting DONE copies the selected lines along the XY plane in true view.